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<html> <head> <title>Ig Nobel Prize</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Ig Nobel Prize HONOR "The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." Official Website: <a href="http://www.improb.com/ig/">http://www.improb.com/ig/</a><table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000241358/">Dan Ariely</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Upside of Irrationality</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/649/000023580/">Jacques Chirac</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of France, 1995-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000046131/">Deepak Chopra</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ageless Body, Timeless Mind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/190/000023121/">Daryl Gates</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-2010</tt></td> <td>Chief of LAPD 1978-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/839/000254077/">Andre Geim</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Oct-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Super-thin carbon physics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/039/000130646/">John Hagelin</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Natural Law Party</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/545/000026467/">L. Ron Hubbard</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1986</tt></td> <td>Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/995/000161512/">Nick Leeson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1967</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Caused collapse of Baring's Bank</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/630/000024558/">Michael Milken</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Convicted financial executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/745/000022679/">Sun Myung Moon</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Moonie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/007/000029917/">Ron Popeil</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ginsu knives, Mr. Microphone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000024709/">Dan Quayle</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice President under George H.W. Bush</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/577/000202968/">John P. Stapp</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1999</tt></td> <td>Rocket sled pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/681/000026603/">Edward Teller</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jan-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-2003</tt></td> <td>Father of the Hydrogen Bomb</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/448/000044316/">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of India, 1998-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/183/000219523/">Jack Van Impe</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Televangelist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/847/000023778/">Erich von Däniken</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chariots of the Gods?</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=104799" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/169/000003160/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/169/3160/s3160.jpg" width=128> Patterns, Peta, Pot, and Politically Incorrect</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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